National Organizing Call: No Federal Funding for Homeless Detention Camps!

Across the country, responses to homelessness are shifting away from housing and healthcare and toward punishment and detention. In Utah, the governor has proposed defunding housing programs to build a large, remote, government-run detention camp for people experiencing homelessness, potentially using federal dollars.

History shows that detention camps, forced treatment, and criminalization do not end homelessness—they cause harm, waste public resources, undermine human dignity, and deepen racial inequities. Housing and healthcare are the proven solutions.

In response, advocates are launching the No Federal Funding for Homeless Detention Camps campaign. On January 29, the National Alliance to End Homelessness will host a webinar led by the National Homelessness Law Center that will examine Utah’s proposal, its federal funding implications, the impacts on people experiencing homelessness, and opportunities for coordinated advocacy to stop this approach from spreading.

Join to:

-Understand how Utah’s proposal fits into a broader national push toward detention and forced treatment

-Hear from legal, mental health, service provider, and advocacy leaders

-Learn how to take action to prevent federal homelessness funding from being diverted into detention camps.

You must register in advance for this event: Registration Link.